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Captain proceeded to open it, but as the S.S. burst into tears, he
(Capt) did not "proceed" very far. I sometimes think that by the
time A. gets back to England, she will more than have "had" sailing
ships. To-day she said she wished she could go for a 5 mile walk
over the hills, and get away from "all this" for a while.

Friday, Jan. 28th. Yesterday (27th) and to-day very similar, lovely
weather, fresh breeze and hot sun. Somewhat off our course, heading
more or less for Cape Horn! Captain remarked that with this wind
it would perhaps be easier to go "westabout to Australia, "but not
with this crew round Cape Horn" - he will have to find some real sailors
for the return journey. Espaniola's hand is very bad, much swollen
and he is in severe pain, but makes such a fuss and cries and moans,
that everyone gets thoroughly sick of him. To-day we put antiphlo-
gestine on, he jumped and cried and rushed about until Captain roared
at him, and then he sat quite still and silent. An incident that
seemed almost mutinous occurred this morning. Bill ( an Australian)
was moving a bosun's chair at the top of the mizzen mast when some-
thing happened to cause the Captain to call up to him. Bill apparent
ly used bad language, and the Capt. suddenly roared at him - and
when the Captain roars there is no mistaking it! Bill seemed very
subdued for the remainder of the morning. A. inclined to be a
literary snob, I think, very definite opinions on literature and
most things - one has a feeling that one is in "the 4th form at St.
Mary's" (or some such spot) at times! We are in the latitude of
Bueanos Aires - but strangely enough the sunsets are very dull,
there have been none worth mentioning on the voyage, so far.

Saturday, Jan. 29th. Another lovely day, fair wind and the current
helping us along as well. An amusing incident on the after well-deck.
A. cleaning the brass frame of the detachable port holes of the
saloon, with steel wool. Steward comes along in a great state,
talking fast and furiously in Swedish - apparently takes great excep-
tion to the steel wool. We cannot understand a word he says,
except "Santen"! Then 3rd Mate and Chief join in, and finally
Captain. They all talk their hardest and sound like a lot of
magpies, "arguing" over a chop bone. A. calmly goes on polishing
with the steel wool. After much talk in Swedish, they fade away
one by one, and presently steward is observed not only using steel
wool on the port holes - but sandpaper. A victory for A.

Sunday, Jan. 30th. Espaniola's hand improving, but still a very
nasty mess. He's a hopeless individual, but not without brains.
A perfect morning, went on deck about 7.30 a.m. Albatrosses seemed
dotted all over the sea, "riddles" of them everywhere. This after-
noon the weather became overcast and wind increased rapidly, now
blowing half a gale and sails being taken in all the evening.
Covered 180 miles in last 24 hours, logged 140 and the current did
the rest.

Monday, Jan. 31st. Strong wind and fairly rough sea all day, we
have a big list, which is not so very comfortable. Grey and
coldish, covered 230 miles in 24 hrs.